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i was called to a restaurant with another kitchen sink drain blockage. always got through in the past, but this time i just kept returning grease and the water wouldn't go down. the guy in charge of "maintenance" mumbles something under his breath and grabs a shovel. he finally uncovers a C/O about 90 feet from the grease trap. he grabs an old channel lock (that had seen better days...before it had been used as a hammer, pry bar, widget doohickey, etc) and opens the cap. i swear a 2 1/2 foot long x 4" thick tube of congealed grease (and who knows what else) rises into the air before it falls over and the ensuing mess covers the parking area.

my work was done, i got paid, and went home. my freaking cable smelled like that grease "blob" for over a week.

steve

In the never ending struggle to keep the water flowing.... The Poo Poo Cowboy rides again!!!

hard to tell from the "quality" of the vid. picture, if you will, squeezing a 4" wide tune of yellowisg/gray toothpaste straight up. i'm glad i was 90' away when it vesuviused (like Mt. Vesuvious erupting).

steve

In the never ending struggle to keep the water flowing.... The Poo Poo Cowboy rides again!!!

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when the stoppage is all black and reaks, you know it's been there for a long time.

a couple years back, i had one that actulally filled a 2' x 4'' ditch over a foot deep. the line was over 100' developed length and the pipe was offset 6'' downstream. this was a guest house that never head steady guest.

my buddy steve sent one of his helpers. he lost it when it oozed out

i was glad that i had already cleared the downstream section and wa able to hose it all downstream and i was back in the ditch in 15 minutes.

the helper wasn't hungry that day

rick.

phoebe it is

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Had a better one at the local cop shop; sorry no vid avail. Fozen 6" line oozed/extruded for 30 sec or so after I cut a hole in the mass before cutting loose. No-one ralphed, but I've had all kinds of congratulatory comments from the city worker folks, espcially as I had to pee right then so just peed in the manhole. One guy is like in awe I whipped it out in front of the PO-lice and didn't get arrested for exposure or something. Whatever; it was at night in winter there was no-one around but us worker bees and that's where it is going anyway; I'm glad I didn't lose it to exposure.

Thats why I jet; I've snaked right thru 'the blob' and had it close up behind the cable on several occaisons. Never with a jetter.

This is my reminder to myself that no good will ever come from discussing politics or religion with anyone, ever.